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    The surname Purdie

    A surname, carried by 2,117 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Purdie: #14,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Purdie #14,184, 2,117 people Purdie: #14,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Purdie #14,184, 2,117 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Purdie is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Purdue.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,117 people named Purdie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,110.

    #14,184
    rank among US surnames
    2,117
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,266)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,178Dunfee2,118145,772
    #14,184Pusateri2,117145,841
    #14,191Majano2,116145,910

    Who is named Purdie

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    57% of people named Purdie identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Purdies

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bernard Purdie
      American R&B, soul and funk drummer, born 1939

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Purdie

    Purdie has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Purdie come from?
    Variant of Purdue.
    How common is the surname Purdie?
    2,117 people in the United States had the surname Purdie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. It ranked 14,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Purdie?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Purdie identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Purdie?
    Bernard Purdie, American R&B, soul and funk drummer.
    Where is the surname Purdie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Purdie in the United States.
    Is the surname Purdie getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,117 in 2010, up 0.3%.